Some papers thought they had an exclusive.

一些报社以为他们有一条独家报道。

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They thought they had been victorious in battle because God had willed it.

他们以为自己打了胜仗是上帝的旨意。

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They thought they had won.

他们还以为刚才已经打赢了呢。

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They found that people who spend months in space lose bone strength at a faster rate than experts had thought.

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But that's a beautiful example; they thought they had taken their polis with them, because they have had moved the entire city there.

但那是个很好的例子,他们认为他们带去了他们的城邦,因为他们将整个城市都搬过去了

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They thought they had the system solved, but then they had a bank run last year.

他们认为已经系统性解决了挤兑问题,但去年却又出现了银行挤兑

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For months Coats and Wade must have thought they had got away with murder.

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In fact, no one in that group thought they had done well at involving their manager.

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The sailors thought they had found no less a place than the Garden of Eden.

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